Video of Obama, coal bankruptcy
posted at 8:30 am on November 3, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
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Yesterday, we featured the audio, and today, we have the 4-minute video clip of Barack Obama talking about bankrupting new coal plants in the US. Obama complained yesterday that his comments got taken out of context. Here we have the entire answer on coal, and the full context really doesn’t help Obama:
This still consists of Obama sending “price signals” that discourage the use of coal. He does say that getting rid of coal altogether is an illusion, but he’s obviously opposed to expanding its use or even keeping it at current levels. He wants to heavily fine coal operators in order to get “billions” for R&D on alternatives, which will send the coal industry reeling and energy prices skyrocketing, as Obama himself pledges later in the same interview.
Yesterday, Sarah Palin demanded to know why the San Francisco Chronicle sat on this story for so long. The Chronicle responded by noting that the video has been available on their website since January 17th of this year. However, the Chronicle never reported on these quotes from Obama, and these statements certainly seem noteworthy enough to include in any look at Obama’s policies on energy.
Even more oddly, they never provided a transcript of the interview, an almost automatic step for any meeting between national political candidates and the editors of a newspaper. Why didn’t the Chronicle transcribe their meeting in the nine months between then and now? Did they realize how damaging this could be to Obama’s hopes in the middle of the primaries and chose to quietly shelve the interview?
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ColHogan on November 3, 2008 at 8:32 AM
Global Warming is a sham, just like Obama.
Disturb the Universe on November 3, 2008 at 8:33 AM
Are there any adds out on TV on this?
KBird on November 3, 2008 at 8:33 AM
Is it too late to saturate the airwaves with this in the coal producing states?
Disturb the Universe on November 3, 2008 at 8:36 AM
A newsrag in San Fran play games with the New Messiah?
What a shocker.
benrand on November 3, 2008 at 8:37 AM
Obviously, BO didn’t have his, ah ah, um, ah, telah, ah,ah, um tele, tele, teleprompter.
The guy is creepy.
stenwin77 on November 3, 2008 at 8:37 AM
I’m sorry to say but once again Ed brings up Racism by having a black man talking about black coal. Obama just wants to allow all the coal to turn into diamonds and that way he can spread the wealth.
cmptrnerd on November 3, 2008 at 8:38 AM
Pass around the YouTube vids… email links to friends in swing states… videos can go “viral” in a matter of hours.
ColHogan on November 3, 2008 at 8:38 AM
Hugh Hewitt says: You know who wouldn’t bankrupt the coal industry?
Mitt Romney.
Mister Ghost on November 3, 2008 at 8:39 AM
Obama needs to be dumped in the
dustcoal bin of history ASAP.Right_of_Attila on November 3, 2008 at 8:39 AM
Warm climate and democracy , or Gulag and socialism. Choices.
the_nile on November 3, 2008 at 8:39 AM
I think more than one finger could be pointed at McCain’s research team…
Lehosh on November 3, 2008 at 8:39 AM
I hope enough people hear and understand what this is before they vote (if they haven’t already). This is classic Obama, good intentioned (I hope) but doomed to disaster for anyone who takes a step back and looks at what it is.
Yakko77 on November 3, 2008 at 8:39 AM
Hey, at least the Chronicle released this – better late than never. Which is more than we can say for the mediots downstate from them.
Red Cloud on November 3, 2008 at 8:40 AM
I work in the power industry. Primarily coal burning power plants. I just wonder how many of the union members who work at these plants like Obama’s idea.
Of course, we could always just shut them down because they are too expensive to operate/modify. Of course, that would open the door to nationalizing the power industry.
Prepare for black outs – or rolling black-outs.
BobK on November 3, 2008 at 8:40 AM
I hate the media. This is just ridiculous.
Slublog on November 3, 2008 at 8:40 AM
Obviously, BO didn’t have his, ah ah, um, ah, telah, ah,ah, um tele, tele, teleprompter.
The guy is creepy.
stenwin77 on November 3, 2008 at 8:37 AM
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I agree. Super creepy. Juuuuust below the smiling surface, there’s something very unpleasant.
marklmail on November 3, 2008 at 8:41 AM
I think I know why SF Chronicle sat on it. Question is why is it coming out now? Buyers remorse?????
Dee2008 on November 3, 2008 at 8:41 AM
It may be too late for that but it is headlining on FNC and Drudge for example so hopefully the word is getting out.
Yakko77 on November 3, 2008 at 8:41 AM
We better all get out and vote for McCain if we care about America as we know it.
kanda on November 3, 2008 at 8:41 AM
Bias is one thing, but active suppression of news is entirely another.
Slublog on November 3, 2008 at 8:42 AM
Well so much for West Virgina and Pennsylvania’s vote for Barry!
grapeknutz on November 3, 2008 at 8:42 AM
folks, stand prepared to email links like crazy today.
it’s not enough that we just hear it.
my whole family receives daily updates from me on this stuff to forward on to friends virally.
we will win this yet. this man is far too crazy to get elected… he’s not naive and he’s not dumb… he’s too smart… and he knows how to make america fail and wants too… his goal isn’t for america to be great… it’s to see its power equalized compared to the rest of the developed world.
Fozzy Bear on November 3, 2008 at 8:44 AM
You were being sarcastic when you asked that, right?
Of course they knew how damaging…I will bet there will be dozens of these “interviews” pop up over the next several weeks.
And, shame on McCain’s people for not finding every interview he has ever given. Every one should have been reseached.
And shame on Hannity for sitting there last night and taking credit, he lamely tried to say who it was, but he couldn’t resist the praise and shut his mouth and basked in his glory…what a fool he was.
right2bright on November 3, 2008 at 8:44 AM
with coal being 49% of the fuel stock for electricity and retrofitting to oil (more imports) and alternative fuels a decade away – looks like we will all be in the dark and bankrupt
just like the media has kept us on the REAL obama
audiotom on November 3, 2008 at 8:44 AM
“That’s not the Barack Obama I thought I knew.”
Christoph on November 3, 2008 at 8:45 AM
That’s the key, and drag someone along with you…
right2bright on November 3, 2008 at 8:45 AM
Coal is perhaps the most abundant resource in the USA. He bragged so much during the Olympics about China’s infrastructure. Doesn’t he realize they are building dozens of new coal fire plants as we speak. I’ll bet this weeks pay that China’s plants don’t burn as efficiently of cleanly as ours.
Tommy_G on November 3, 2008 at 8:47 AM
Did any editorial board transcribe their meetings with Obama?
Phoenician on November 3, 2008 at 8:48 AM
The MSM is getting better at their work, as their goal became more focused. I suspect it would be a better strategy for our side to fully discredit them, than attempt to shame or reform them.
JiangxiDad on November 3, 2008 at 8:48 AM
The News media is complicent in this fraud against the American people.
Vote against Obama AND the Media tomorrow!
TexBob on November 3, 2008 at 8:48 AM
He’s way too boring to even get through that little squib. Oh brother, save us.
Bambi on November 3, 2008 at 8:49 AM
Yesterday, I decided to donate some money to GOP.org to hopefully get this on the airwaves in PA.
It’s only fair, since I donated more than $10,000 to the Obama campaign, supposedly.
Doodad Pro on November 3, 2008 at 8:50 AM
Tommy_G, of course he realizes that. Listen to the video!
Christoph on November 3, 2008 at 8:50 AM
Guys, what’s needed also are radio ads tying O’s coal plan to Murtha and every other Dem congresspoison in coal country.
Such as:
I’m either orr and I approve this message.
either orr on November 3, 2008 at 8:51 AM
This is an issue we really need to keep an eye on. Even McCain has downed some of the global warming Coolaid, but I don’t think he will pursue it as aggressively as Obama. For myself, if Obama wins, I’m heading to Home Depot to stock up on incandescent light bulbs.
Dee2008 on November 3, 2008 at 8:51 AM
Creepy. At best he’s an unscrupulous socialist. More likely, he’s a dedicated revolutionary.
Either way, this country is in deep trouble… for even considering seriously this man for President. Should he be elected, God help us all.
petefrt on November 3, 2008 at 8:52 AM
I am shocked that anyone would question the practice of the probama media. They only do such things to save us from ourselves in case we screw up our vote by going for anyone other than Dear Leader Obamassiah.
rbj on November 3, 2008 at 8:52 AM
So, this was back when the politicos thought that greenhouse gasses were more important than economics. Now he has the opposite opinion.
What a hack.
eforhan on November 3, 2008 at 8:52 AM
a vid is more powerful than just the audio in my opinion
YRM on November 3, 2008 at 8:54 AM
Part of me wants the lost sheep who are blindly following Obama to live with the next 4 years hearing his spokesman say ” That is not what he meant to say” or better yet, ” his words were taken out of context”.
Let’s see, he is buying this election with money we can’t track, he has Acorn rounding up every rummy to vote for Obama and we are close to electing the most liberal, inexperienced senator in the history of our country.
Scary indeed
ctdad on November 3, 2008 at 8:55 AM
in the Barry States of America, we will have no coal or oil.
custer on November 3, 2008 at 8:56 AM
ya see, thats where you get off track. The SFC felt these quotes were perfectly squared up with what is considered normal political ideals. To them, they arent noteworthy.
RiteWingFascist on November 3, 2008 at 8:56 AM
This fool is so ingnorant on so many levels. His presidency will make Jimmah Cahtah’s look like a walk in the park. We don’t know how to store nuclear waste safely? How many nuclear waste accidents/deaths have there been in Europe since they went nuclear? How many here? As most solutions are simple, this is, too. Just turn Iran into a nuclear storage facility. Problem solved.
Jarhead68 on November 3, 2008 at 8:58 AM
I am shocked that none of the major newspapers in NYC have this on the front page. It should read, “OBAMA to Coal Industry, DROP DEAD!!!”
Usually the NY Post would have had that on its cover. Don’t they even read the Drudgereport? I mean, you could argue that they don’t read every rightwing blog, but drudge had it almost all day, surely in time to get on the front page, rather than voter suppression headlines heralding an Obama victory.
The other thing from this story is that Obama will also do his best to kill the livestock industry under his concern for global warming. The man should be president of Zimbabwe not the USA,his policies will result in the same disaster as Mugabe, if God forbid, Obama were elected.
eaglewingz08 on November 3, 2008 at 8:59 AM
So why did a newspaper sit so damn long on this story until now?
Here is a clue: San Francisco Chronicle!!!
How much you want to bet this rag was under direct orders from Empresses Pelosi to make sure this information did not see the light of day?
I swear, San Francisco shouldn’t even be considered part of the United States anymore! This blasphemously wicked city and the people who run and represent it are literally another country onto themselves!
pilamaye on November 3, 2008 at 9:00 AM
As scary as Obama is, the commenters on YouTube who support him are scarier!
ctmom on November 3, 2008 at 9:01 AM
Sixteen tons and whadda you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt.
St. Peter doncha call me,
’cause I cain’t go.
I owe my soul to Dhimmicrat store.
davidk on November 3, 2008 at 9:03 AM
At this point all evidence runs contrary to good intentions. He’s been surrounded by Marxists all of his life, and his formal education (or miseducation) at Columbia and Harvard did nothing but infuse him with a deeper knowledge of rhetoric with which to cloak his goals.
Anyone who equates Obama with the democrat party of old really needs to wake-up and realize that Move-on et. al. took over in 2002 and nothing a rat says on the national stage has an honest or good intention.
phreshone on November 3, 2008 at 9:04 AM
Cap and trade is a disaster….a LOSER.
mylegsareswollen on November 3, 2008 at 9:04 AM
But do we have enough time to get these coal tapes out? It has to get on the local evening news tonight in the coal states or it will be a wash. Ugh
goldeagle11 on November 3, 2008 at 9:04 AM
Two possibilties: a)They kept it quiet until now because they wanted him to win but, now see how dangerous this man is for the country, or b)they are releasing it now knowing that it is to late to make a difference.
I’m betting B!!
MAD2008 on November 3, 2008 at 9:05 AM
Because the lame stream media has been in the tank for bho since the beginning just like they where for both clintons.And for the last eight years have done nothing but bash Bush.
Necromancer on November 3, 2008 at 9:06 AM
I emailed this page to every McCain supporter, & I asked them to forward this to anyone in PA or OH.
You should, too!
jgapinoy on November 3, 2008 at 9:06 AM
I wish we had a transcript to parse his slipperiness line by line, but this stuck out:
After having the unmitigated gall to talk about ‘letting the free market system work’ he said, …to say at the outset these are the winners we are picking.
Buy Danish on November 3, 2008 at 9:06 AM
boondoggled once again
tomas on November 3, 2008 at 9:07 AM
Does anyone know what he’s actually for from the quotes in this video?
His comments on nuclear are undecipherable.
mylegsareswollen on November 3, 2008 at 9:07 AM
Makes me wonder what other little gems from Obama’s mouth are out there. Will we get to hear them after the election, or will the MSM decide it’s still not in our best interests to know the truth about The One Who Wants to Destroy US?
AZCoyote on November 3, 2008 at 9:07 AM
maverick muse on November 3, 2008 at 9:07 AM
It’s pretty absurd to claim they sat on a story that they fully posted over 10 months ago.
Typhonsentra on November 3, 2008 at 9:08 AM
Won’t work. Osamabamamessiah’s National Civilian Corp will see to it that you use the energy saving, earth saving light bulbs.
Oh, and say “Hi” to Biden whil you’re at Home Depot.
davidk on November 3, 2008 at 9:08 AM
We’re gonna stick with BLACK COAL until the election’s over. That way Obama will lose. Get it?
JiangxiDad on November 3, 2008 at 9:09 AM
The MSM is the enemy within.
dacoelec on November 3, 2008 at 9:09 AM
Coal, clean coal, coal gasification is huge. The bridge to energy independence starts and ends with coal. To kill coal gasification or clean coal is to burn down the bridge while still claiming the goal.
Angry Dumbo on November 3, 2008 at 9:09 AM
This guy is no mere Liberal. He is a radical Leftist that actually wants to see energy costs skyrocket, companies to go bankrupt, jobs to disappear… all to justify a government takeover through nationalization of energy production.
The guy would rather cause chaos in order to seize control.
The guy is Palpatine.
nitzsche on November 3, 2008 at 9:10 AM
Joe Stalin loved coal. Barry is so farked :)
JiangxiDad on November 3, 2008 at 9:11 AM
On target. Similar to the “bitter clingers” remark where Obama was telling the SF crowd what they wanted to hear. Only the supposed rubes in coal states like PA would have a problem with his characterization of them.
Missy on November 3, 2008 at 9:11 AM
For what it’s worth. I found this in a academic paper that quotes Obama:
Leadership in international climate policy is an additional concern on Obama’s agenda. In a recent article, he emphasizes the global dimensions of the climate change problem and the challenge for the U.S. (Obama 2007a):
“As the world’s largest producer of greenhouse gases, America has the responsibility to lead. While many of our industrial partners are working hard to reduce their emissions, we are increasing ours at a steady clip …. As president, I intend to enact a cap-and trade system that will dramatically reduce our carbon emissions. … Getting our own house in order is only a first step. … We need a global response to climate change that includes binding and enforceable commitments …”
Unlike Clinton, however, Obama also emphasizes that a shift in the direction of energy and climate policy will cause costs to the U.S. households.23
23 In a speech during his campaign (Obama 2007c), he noted: “Make no mistake – developing the next
generation of energy will be one of the greatest challenges that this generation of Americans will ever face. It will not be easy. It will not come without costs or without sacrifice. And if anyone tries to tell you otherwise, they are either fooling themselves or trying to fool you.”
22
You can download the paper here:
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1122286
lobbyist on November 3, 2008 at 9:13 AM
Krock Obama strikes again!
Be afraid….Very afraid!
woodswalking on November 3, 2008 at 9:13 AM
Just another example of o-blather`s “vision”…remeber this one on gasoline prices?
quote-Barack Obama: “I think that I would have preferred a gradual adjustment. The fact that this is such a shock to American pocketbooks is not a good thing. But if we take some steps right now to help people make the adjustment, first of all by putting more money in their pockets, but also by encouraging the market to adapt to these new circumstances more rapidly, particularly U.S. automakers…”
His world vision must fat lamps and burning dung for heat, gimme a break!
NY Conservative on November 3, 2008 at 9:14 AM
Obama’s only successes have been in bankrupting others. He even bankrupts his own tools. He certainly bankrupted every public works project that he ever touched. The only thing dependable about Obama is his absolute dedication to defraud America of OUR essence that he eschews:
1. Our Constitution and Education
2. Our Secure Liberty
3. Our Economy and CAPITALISM
maverick muse on November 3, 2008 at 9:15 AM
Because the Press….IS WHO WE THOUGHT THEY WERE! AND WE LET ‘EM OFF THE HOOK!
Kid from Brooklyn on November 3, 2008 at 9:15 AM
It’s becoming perfectly clear that being undecipherable is exactly what may get Obumbler elected… Frustrating and hard to watch. (big sigh)
LadinPlaid on November 3, 2008 at 9:17 AM
The One’s plan here is perfectly consistent with everything else we’ve seen from him. He recognizes that penalizing coal use will cause higher prices. How will an Oministration deal with that?
There can’t be any doubt that he will give another tax “credit” to the same people he’s going to send checks for taxes they don’t pay and redistribute the burden of paying for energy to those he deems able to afford the costs.
EconomicNeocon on November 3, 2008 at 9:18 AM
Start preparing for accusations of racism, guys! We are going to win this thing!
prosetech on November 3, 2008 at 9:19 AM
I’m innoculated. I got my shot early :) Let it come.
JiangxiDad on November 3, 2008 at 9:20 AM
God help us all, we are about to elect someone who knows about as much about economics as my dog. Scratch that – I’m teaching my dog the basics right now.
Sharke on November 3, 2008 at 9:22 AM
If you truly beleived in Global Warming and man destroying the earth, then you’d want to destroy the economy and play god by trying to ’save the earth’.
jp on November 3, 2008 at 9:22 AM
The McCain campaign has had 24 hours now to get this into an ad and start blanketing coal states with it. There’s no excuse for them not to do it.
rsrobinson on November 3, 2008 at 9:23 AM
If this had come out just a few weeks ago it would have doomed him. At this late date I have my doubts if its impact will be enough given all of the eary votes already cast.
LCT688 on November 3, 2008 at 9:24 AM
If this isn’t on the news in the coal-producing states especially and actually in every state, then I’ll just scream!
This needs to be on the front page of every newspaper too.
Oink on November 3, 2008 at 9:25 AM
you guys…I can’t stomach his face ANY. MORE.
Oh my gosh. His voice and face just churn my stomach. He will say, do, be anything to get the job…then his connections will come to light and America will be no more.
Manchurian style.
NOBAMA.
Mommypundit on November 3, 2008 at 9:26 AM
America is NOT the world’s largest producer of greenhouse gases. China takes the polluter’s lead following Mother Nature who produces “bad” effects from thunderstorms, earthquakes and volcanoes. And who’s sh*t does Obama keep rubbing America’s nose in as his exemplary model to imitate? CHINA. Bloody Red Communist China.
And if America elects anyone but Obama, his thug supporters have promised domestic terrorism, to make American citizens’ blood flow in American streets. Funny, Obama himself promises domestic terrorism when elected. The only difference? If Obama is defeated, the domestic terrorists can be brought to justice. If Obama wins, the domestic terrorists become legalized government employees paid by our taxes to spill our blood, NEVER TO BE PROSECUTED, ONLY REWARDED FOR BEING THUGS.
maverick muse on November 3, 2008 at 9:29 AM
Are we still asking this question?
patrick neid on November 3, 2008 at 9:31 AM
let me say that I try to not harm the environment whenever possible.. ie I use chickens for insect control, not insecticides (Yes, the chicken droppings pollute too)
ANyway, this whole global warming thing is really getting to be annowying. In southeastern pa, there are a whole bunch of huge granite boulders about 20 miles north of Philadlphia, They were left there by the last ice age only 10k years ago.. I’m sure that Ogg wasn’t driving an SUV in 3000BC. If you tried to swim in the Great Lakes 5000 years ago, that would have been impossible. They were under a sheet of ice two miles thick.
The global warming stuff isn’t about ’saving the earth’… it is about control and the destruction of private property rights. Again, that is not to say that you shouldn’t make reasonable efforts to conserve but this cap and trade stuff is utter idiocy.
bullseye on November 3, 2008 at 9:33 AM
Live, Sarah’s rockin’ in Ohio on coal!
either orr on November 3, 2008 at 9:33 AM
Next they will be telling us outright lies, …wait, … err nevermind.
abinitioadinfinitum on November 3, 2008 at 9:34 AM
Asked and answered.
Jaibones on November 3, 2008 at 9:34 AM
After watching the video of Obama talking about bankrupting new coal plants in the US. If anyone in a coal producing states actually vote for this clown, you deserve what you get!
try again later on November 3, 2008 at 9:35 AM
Get out and vote people. Get your butts to the polls.
I live in Pikeville, KY.. home to the Hatfield/McCoy hillbilly feuds… Home to Hillbilly Days (a festival that raises more money for Shriners hospitals for burned and cripled children than any other place in the nation).
Things are a little different here these days. We have Wi-Fi, blogs, iPhones, and BMW’s and we sit on billions of dollars worth of coal.
We don’t own the coal, but our community depends on mining for our livelihoods directly or indirectly. Many hard working people here still struggle. Obama would destroy my area of the country. Furthermore, he’s going to cause the price of YOUR electricity, and all the goods you buy from factories that use electricity, and all the goods you bur from stores that use electricity, to skyrocket.
mikepatr on November 3, 2008 at 9:36 AM
Since we get something like 50% of our electrical power from coal, it would be nice if we could coordinate a 1 hour blackout today to let people know what life would be like under an Obama administration. If only….
SPCOlympics on November 3, 2008 at 9:37 AM
They buried it. McCain opp research is a crime. He should have had people on the websites.
unseen on November 3, 2008 at 9:39 AM
As BHO says, China is building one coal-fired power plant per week. No concern, however, about Chinese CO2 (whose amount now exceeds ours) destroying the planet.
Bigfoot on November 3, 2008 at 9:39 AM
What’s so outrageous about this is THERE IS NO GLOBAL WARMING in the first place. So he’s using the urban myth of global warming as an excuse to raise taxes sky high. Of course, that was the goal of the entire global warming hoax from the beginning… make an excuse to raise taxes.
But with the earth cooling for the past ten years and prediction that its probably going to continue to cool for years to come, you would think these politicians would not be so bold as to invoke the outrageous global warming lie as an excuse for taxes. Yet they do, unbelievable!!
Maxx on November 3, 2008 at 9:39 AM
Know and use the Open letter from The Viscount Monckton of Brenchley to Senator John McCain about Climate Science and Policy.
Science and the world’s leading serious scientists have consistently refuted the so-called “global warming” or “climate change” fabricated fad lacking true evidence.
maverick muse on November 3, 2008 at 9:39 AM
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